Hydrocarbon-burner.



C. J. BECKER. HYDROOARBON BURNER.

APPLIQATIO-N FILED NOV. 12, 1912. '1 @75 31 6 Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c

G. J. BECKER.

HYDROOARBON BURNER.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 12, 1912.

UNITE HYDBOCAR-BON-BURNER.

Application filed November 12, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. Brenna, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I'Iydrocarbon-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to burners, and it has special reference to hydro-carbon burners adapted for use in stoves, furnaces, boilers and like places where a steady, efficient heat is required.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple burner, which may be readily applied, which is easily regulated and cleaned, and which has the capacity to provide an abundant quantity of air at all times to support combustion, as will now be set forth in detail.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the wall of a furnace, showing a side view of my improved burner. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the burner on line 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the burner on line 3 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 1 is a top view of the burner, and Fig. 5 is a view of the front end of the burner.

In carrying out my invention, I prepare a shell which comprises the bottom, 6, the top, 7, the two side walls, 8, and the rear wall, 9, the two side walls being narrower at their rear ends than at their forward ends, so that I provide a shell with an open front end, the upper wall or top, 7, sloping downwardly to the rear wall, 9. Within this shell, the bottom, 6, has a depressed surface, 10, at its rear end, extending to a point midway between the front and rear ends, and along each end of the central line is a series of holes, 11, through the bottom, through which the air passes when the burner is in operation. At the rear end, the bottom has at its medial line a large opening, 13, and a curved duct, 1%, leads therefrom and has its open end below the bottom, 6, projecting forwardly and terminating between a pair of downwardly projecting and forwardly extending plates or walls, 15, which are integral with the bottom, 6. Near the forward ends of these side walls they are joined to a cross plate or battle wall 15, which extends upwardly at an angle, the baffle wall being designed to protect the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @et. "Z, 1913.

Serial No. 730,804.

inside of the wall 22 against the direct action of the blaze. These walls extend for ward alongside the side holes, 11, so that the vapor fuel in passing down through the curved duct passes out between the two parallel walls and is met by the columns of air which pass down through the openings or holes, 11, thereby thoroughly aerating the hydro-carbon vapor and producing a flame of high heating capacity.

In order to properly direct the liquid fuel. to the rear end of the burner shell I place a removable oil feeding plate in the burner shell, this having a sloping plate, 17, depressed centrally, so that when the liquid fuel is deposited thereon from the supply pipe, 18, it will flew back to the depressed portion of the bottom.

The forward end of the shell, where it emerges from the wall of the furnace, has at each side wall a downwardly projecting grooved extension, 19, between which I place a vertically movable plate, 20, which slides in the grooves, the object of this plate being to provide a means whereby access can be had to the space below 'he bottom, 6, and a channel, 21, is formed through the wall, 22-, of the furnace below the bottom, 6, of the shell, so that when the vertically movable plate, 20, is raised to open the channel way, a scraper can be passed in through the channel, 21, so that it will reach the hole, 13, at the rear ends of the shell, and thereby en able the user to scrape any carbon which might collect in the curved channel way.

Among the many advantages which are found in this type of burner, may be mentioned the simplicity of construction, and the ease with which it can be installed, as the shell. is readily attached to an open ing in the wall of the furnace, and every part of the burner is accessible for cleaning purposes without removing the burner or without stopping the flow of the hydrocarbon fuel, during the cleaning process.

What I claim as new, is:

1. In a burner, a rectangular shell comprising a base, a top, sides and a rear end, its forward end being approximately square, its rear end being substantially half the Vertical dimensions of the front end, an opening through the base at its rear end, a downwardly projecting wall on each side and extending forwardly from the opening to form a duct from said opening, the base of the burner having a series of holes alongside of each wall, and means for supplying fuel to said shell.

2. In a burner, a rectangular shell, open at its forward end, provided at its rear end with a down duct which projects forwardly below the bottom, two parallel longitudinal walls leading from the duct, a series of holes alongside of each wall, and means at the forward end of said shell to give admission to the space below the bottom of the shell.

3. In a burner, a rectangular shell having its front end open, the bottom along the rear half of the shell being depressed and provided with a down duct for the hydrocarbon gases at the rear end of the shell,

and having holes through the bottom on both sides of its medial line, and means for supplying liquid fuel. to the depressed bottom.

4L. In a burner, a rectangular shell having its front end open, the bottom along the rear half of the shell being depressed and provided with a down duct for the gases of combustion, and a removable induction plate for the liquid fuel adapted to rest in the open end of the shell.

5. In a burner, a rectangular shell having an open end, the bottom of said shell being depressed alon the rear half of the shell, the rear end of the bottom having a down duct through the bottom for the hydrocarbon vapors, a channel for conveying the vapors forwardly beneath the bottom, the bottom havlng a plurality of holes alongside of and forwardly of the down duct, and a removable oil inlet plate in the shell to convey oil to the rear end of the shell.

6. In a burner, a rectangularly formed shell, open at its front end, and its rear end shallower than its front end, means for supplying oil to its rear end, the rear end of the shell haVing through its bottom a down duct which projects forwardly below the bottom, a pair of downwardly projecting parallel walls, forming a channel between, leading from the duct, and a baffle plate at the forward end of said walls, the bottom having holes on each side of the channel into which the fuel vapor is discharged.

7. In a burner, a rectangular shell, open at its forward end, the bottom of said burner having its rear end depressed and provided with a hole at the extreme rear end on a medial line, a downwardly and forwardly projecting duct communicating with said hole, the lower side of the bottom having a channel into which the fuel vapor from the duct is discharged, and the bottom being provided with a plurality of holes along the sides of the channel through which the air passes for aerating the gaseous fuel.

Signed at the city of Los Angeles county of Los Angeles State of California, this 16th day of September 1912, in the presence of witnesses.

CHARLES J. BECKER. l Vitnesses:

M. RUDHOLM, J. S. ZARBE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

